The scattering of strings by a black hole

We study the elastic and inelastic scattering of strings by a Schwarzschild's black hole. Pair creation takes place (and in all the modes) as a consequence of the composite structure (oscillator modes) of the string. The S-matrix amplitudes including the pair-creation rate are found at first order in √α'/R_S (√α' = Planck's length and R_S = Schwarzschild's radius). Explicit computations are made in the weak-field expansion in powers of (R_S/b)^D−3 (b = impact parameter of the string center of mass). The deflection angle and cross sections are found. The quantum string corrections to the gravitational analogue of Rutherford's scattering are computed (these are of order α'²). The pair-creation or radiation amplitude we find here is of order α', it is non-thermal and of different origin than Hawking radiation.     

Self-gravitating strings and string/black hole correspondence

In a recent essay, we discussed the possibility of using polymer sizing to model the collapse of a single, long excited string to a black hole. In this letter, we apply this idea to bring further support to string/black hole correspondence. In particular, we reproduce Horowitz and Polchinki's results for self-gravitating fundamental strings and speculate on the nature of the quantum degrees of freedom of black holes in string theory.     

Quantum aspects of black hole entropy

This survey intends to cover recent approaches to black hole entropy which attempt to go beyond the standard semiclassical perspective. Quantum corrections to the semiclassical Bekenstein-Hawking area law for black hole entropy, obtained within the quantum geometry framework, are treated in some detail. Their ramification for the holographic entropy bound for bounded stationary spacetimes is discussed. Four dimensional supersymmetric extremal black holes in string-based N=2 supergravity are also discussed, albeit more briefly.     

Quantum tunnelling radiation of Einstein-Maxwell-Dilaton-Axion black hole

By taking the energy conservation and angular momentum conservation into account, the characteristics of the quantum-tunnelling radiation of Einstein--Maxwell--Dilaton--Axion black hole are studied and the result shows that the tunnelling rate of such a black hole is relevant to Bekenstein--Hawking entropy and that the obtained radiation spectrum is not pure thermal.     

轴对称黑洞的量子统计熵

避开了求解黑洞背景下波动方程的因难,应用量子统计方法,通过应用在量子引力中、由广义测不准关系得出的新态密度方程,直接求解轴对称Kerr黑洞背景下玻色场和费米场的配分函数.然后,在视界附近计算黑洞背景下玻色场和费米场的熵.得到用收敛级数表达的黑洞熵.在计算中不存在用brick wall模型计算黑洞熵时出现的发散项和小质量近似,使人们对非球对称时空中黑洞的统计熵有更深入的认识. 关键词： 量子统计 非球对称时空 广义测不准关系 黑洞熵     

量子史瓦茨黑洞和暗物质

引入Sommerfeld作用量量子化条件来处理Schwarzschild黑洞的量子化问题. 发现此类量子化黑洞存在一个质量为m_G=123m_p的基态，处于基态的量子Schwarzschild黑洞不再存在Hawking蒸发和任何其他辐射，可名之曰暗星. 它的存在不仅可以解决信息丢失的疑难，而且极可能是构成暗物质的主要候选者. 关键词： 量子史瓦茨黑洞 暗物质     

String dynamics near a black hole

The dynamics of a string near a Kaluza-Klein black hole are studied. Solutions to the geodesic equations are obtained using the world sheet velocity of light as an expansion parameter. For a string falling into a magnetically charged black hole, it is shown that the compact dimension decreases with the world-sheet coordinate τ.     

Quantum entropy of Dirac field in toroidal black hole

The quantum entropy of Dirac field in toroidal black hole is considered and the effects of the spins of the Dirac particles on the entropy are investigated using brick-wall model. It is shown that the quantum entropy has both linearly and logarithmically divergent terms and it has the different structure from that of the black hole. It is also shown that the contribution of the subleading logarithmic term which relates to the spins of the Dirac particles are always positive.     

Regular black hole remnants in de Sitter space

We address the question of thermodynamical evolution of regular spherically symmetric cosmological black holes with de Sitter center. Space–time is asymptotically de Sitter as r→0$r\to 0$ and as r→∞$r\to \infty$. A source term in the Einstein equations connects smoothly two de Sitter vacua with different values of cosmological constant and corresponds to anisotropic vacuum dark fluid defined by symmetry of its stress–energy tensor. In the range of masses M_cr1?M?M_cr2$M_{cr1}?M?M_{cr2}$ it describes a regular cosmological black hole with three horizons, an internal horizon ra$r_a$, a black hole horizon rb>ra$r_b>r_a$, and a cosmological horizon rc>rb$r_c>r_b$. Thermodynamical preference for a final product of evaporation is a double-horizon (ra=rb$r_a=r_b$) black hole remnant with the positive specific heat.     

Primordial black hole formation by stabilized embedded strings in the early universe

Primordial black hole formation by cosmic string collapses is reconsidered in the case where the winding number of the string is larger than unity. The line energy density of a multiple winding string becomes greater than that of a single winding string so that the probability of black hole formation by string collapse during loop oscillation would be strongly enhanced. Moreover, this probability could be affected by changes in gravity theory due to large extra dimensions based on the brane universe model. In addition, a wider class of strings which are stable compared to conventional cosmic strings can contribute to such a scenario. Although the production of the multiple winding defect is suppressed and its number density should be small, the enhancement of black hole formation by the increased energy density may provide a large number of evaporating black holes in the present universe which gives more stringent constraints on the string model compared to the ordinary string scenario.     

Quantum radiation of non-stationary Kerr－Newman－de Sitter black hole

By introducing a new tortoise coordinate transformation, we investigate the quantum thermal and non-thermal radiations of a non-stationary Kerr--Newman--de Sitter black hole. The accurate location and radiate temperature of the event horizon as well as the maximum energy of the non-thermal radiation are derived. It is shown that the radiate temperature and the maximum energy are related to not only the evaporation rate, but also the shape of the event horizon, moreover the maximum energy depends on the electromagnetic potential. Finally, we use the results to reduce the non-stationary Kerr--Newman black hole, the non-stationary Kerr black hole, the stationary Kerr--Newman--de Sitter black hole, and the static Schwarzshild black hole.     

Shadow and photon sphere of black hole in clouds of strings and quintessence

In this study, we investigate the shadow and photon sphere of the black bole in clouds of strings and quintessence with static and infalling spherical accretions. We obtain the geodesics of the photons near a black hole with different impact parameters b to investigate how the string cloud model and quintessence influence the specific intensity by altering the geodesic and the average radial position of photons. In addition, the range of the string cloud parameter a is constrained to ensure that a shadow can be observed. Moreover, the light sources in the accretion follow a normal distribution with an attenuation factor γ, and we adopt a model of the photon emissivity \begin{document}$ j(\nu_e) $\end{document} to obtain the specific intensities. Furthermore, the shadow with static spherical accretion is plotted, which demonstrates that the apparent shape of the shadow is a perfect circle, and the value of γ influences the brightness of the photon sphere. Subsequently, we investigate the profile and specific intensity of the shadows with static and infalling spherical accretions, respectively. The interior of the shadows with an infalling spherical accretion will be darker than that with the static spherical accretion, and the specific intensity with both static and infalling spherical accretions gradually converges.     

Quantum black hole and the modified uncertainty principle

Recently Ali et al. (2009) [13] proposed a Generalized Uncertainty Principle (or GUP) with a linear term in momentum (accompanied by Planck length). Inspired by this idea we examine the Wheeler-DeWitt equation for a Schwarzschild black hole with a modified Heisenberg algebra which has a linear term in momentum. We found that the leading contribution to mass comes from the square root of the quantum number n which coincides with Bekenstein?s proposal. We also found that the mass of the black hole is directly proportional to the quantum number n when quantum gravity effects are taken into consideration via the modified uncertainty relation but it reduces the value of mass for a particular value of the quantum number.     

Heavy ion collisions and black hole dynamics

Relativistic heavy ion collisions create a strongly coupled quark-gluon plasma. Some of the plasma’s properties can be approximately understood in terms of a dual black hole. These properties include shear viscosity, thermalization time, and drag force on heavy quarks. They are hard to calculate from first principles in QCD. Extracting predictions about quark-gluon plasmas from dual black holes mostly involves solving Einstein’s equations and classical string equations of motion. AdS/CFT provides a translation from gravitational calculations to gauge theory predictions. The gauge theory to which the predictions apply is = 4 super-Yang-Mills theory. QCD is different in many respects from super-Yang-Mills, but it seems that its high temperature properties are similar enough to make some meaningful comparisons. Third Award in the 2007 Essay Competition of the Gravity Research Foundation.